You may recall me telling you about My Pal Annie, a transgender woman I've known online and in person since the late 90s. Though some of her friends have known that she was transgender, many did not and this year she came out to them. From what I understand it's all been very positive. Annie went to drama school about 10 years ago or so but hasn't ( Read more... )

Had a nice evening last night catching up with an old friend, Colleen. She always remembers my birthday and forgot to send a card this year so we went to Starbucks in the bookstore for a nice long natter ( Read more... )

Work is busy which is good. It makes the days go by but it also makes it harder to get to the gym early enough to do cardio before i meet the trainer on those days. Inevitably someone will come to my desk about 3:30 or i'll be in the middle of something. I meet the trainer at 4 some days and like to try to get there to do at least 15 minutes on a ( Read more... )

I'm a bit sad today on behalf of a good friend, J. She called me last night and told me her beloved husband died very suddenly of a heart attack that morning. I don't know any other details but there was no warning. He'd been feeling fine and always seemed healthy though my doctor would say that there would have been signs or there was a problem ( Read more... )

So... retirement do yesterday at work for a man i've worked with for 24 years. There was an in-office cake and gathering and a party at Cheers after work with a stupendous turnout and lots of faces from way back! Gosh what a shock to see one of them at least. There were a few others that we don't see much but who do come to these things now and ( Read more... )

Many years ago, a very good friend of mine, naturalbornkaos, used to send me short stories he'd written for a creative writing class. I always enjoyed reading them and would offer criticism. To be honest, though, I never found a lot to criticize. The stories were always good! I may not have the appropriate critical eye for that sort of thing but I know he ( Read more... )

I get the Movieentertainment magazine with my subscription to The Movie Network (pay tv movies) in Canada. In this month's issue was a very tongue in cheek article on predictions for 2011. Here's the full list. The one that had me chuclling the most was "Tom Cruise's latest attempt to regain his popularity will see him on Dancing with the Stars. ( Read more... )

I'm getting an ebook reader for Christmas, the Kobo one that Chapters/Indigo sponsors (and Barnes and Noble sells in the US). It will read ePub books which is the standard for ebooks as well as pdf files. I will be able to borrow from the library if i want as well. I also did some judicious searching online and have found a few downloads of ebooks ( Read more... )

Inspired by ang_o's latest post about summers when she was growing up, of course you start thinking about your own childhood summers.
( sunny days )